gimme numbers...brag it up
Today is my 23rd wedding anniversary. When I started trying to fix my body, my health, and my life, I had wanted to be 129 pounds by this date. The number does not have a very specific meaning. I was 119 when I married, but I thought that number was definitely out of reach for the time I had to do it in, and I didnt want to set a crazy goal. I went for 129, simply because it was the first number in that decade. I did not make my 129 goal. I missed it by 12 pounds, but I find that I am not upset about this at all, and this is why.
So I was just looking at my dietpower, and was doing some calculating. I have been on my life changing quest for 211 days. In those 211 days I have averaged approx 1300 calories per day, and have lost 56 pounds. This averages out to 1.89 pounds per week.
My BMI has gone from 41.2 to 29.5
I have gone from a size 18 to a size 10 (final goal is 4 or 6)
In the non number category, my feet no longer hurt when I step out of bed in the morning, and my hips do not pain me when I walk. I can now actually see (although only when I stand at certain angles) and feel my rib cage as well as my hip bone. I can only create a double chin if I press my chin down towards my chest, and (today at least) I feel as though I could take on the world, and win. When my husband put his arms around me to tell me happy anniversary this morning, he could put his arms all the way around me, and I felt as though he could pull me closer than he could a year ago. This is, of course, merely perception, but it was a perception that mattered to me.
Come on folks..gimme yours.
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